Bücher von C C Brower

A collection of short stories from new voices - the breaking edge cross-currents of mystery, fantasy, science fiction, and romance - from works published between November and December 2018. Worlds new or perhaps re-visited - but only you will know if this is the stuff of dreams - or nightmares. - A ghost haunted by her death, since she only appears each year for a few hours, she has little time to work out how she died, and keep it from happening again. - When the amateur detective becomes haunted, it's up to those he's saved to rescue him from his own worst nightmares. - How do you solve someone's problem when they are haunting themselves? A recurring post-apocalypse scenario that only loops on an immortal being trapped at its center, and able to kill anyone who tries to help her. - A Smart Home who kicks out the owners, reassigns their title, and turns off the lights in the neighborhood - except for the red and green lights that pulse in an ominous, haunted glow. Get Your Copy Now.

Sue had been though a world of pain already.Surviving re-entry to this planet in a powerless escape pod. Learning to speak with telepathic canines that had become the dominant sentient beings on Earth. Finding she could shape-shift and cause illusions.She brought the end to a civil war between their pack and those nearby. Peace on Earth - at least this little part.By learning only a tiny bit of the unknown skills she possessed.One warm summer's night, a messenger brought her to meet a greater being than she thought existed. That being told her about a single key datum.All she wanted to do was rescue her family - only 240 thousand miles away - on the moon.And that single key could unlock what she needed most...Get Your Copy Now.

I was Queen of the World. Until I wasn't. One moment I was in chains and bleeding, the next I was fine - but dressed in red.Someone had played a dirty trick on me. They'd dressed me in a red cartoon outfit - like a Queen. But not my usual goth black.And I also couldn't get out of it. Buttons too high on my back. Hoops and petticoats I couldn't reach under to get free of. Someone was going to pay for this.That little Sue Regniald was the last person I'd seen. And here she comes now.Are you kidding me? She's got a baby-blue fluffy dress, white apron, red sash around her middle, a blue ribbon in her blond hair - where have I seen that?NO. We're in Looking-glass Land! Like I said - somebody's going to pay...Get Your Copy Now.

Trapped by a vicious self-appointed Queen, the entire slave population of the moon colony was imprisoned next to fusion drive exhaust ports.When the fusion drives ignited to lift the colony off for the moons of Saturn, they'd all be turned to ash.In all this, some of the imprisoned still held out hope. Because they could hear voices in their minds telling them not to be afraid, that rescue was coming. Their guards outside only heard their Queen's broadcast.The question was whether that unseen rebel rescue could free all these prisoners in time. Thousands of prisoners, hundreds of cells. Dozens of different locations.And now the countdown began - as broadcast through every space in the colony...Get Your Copy Now.

Now that Malia of 'Cagga had her little city under perfect control, she was ready to export her efficiency plans to the rest of the moon cities. And help them achieve a perfect society under her rule. Martial law, automated mining equipment to replace human workers, constant surveillance of everyone else. Meaning that due to her improvements, they could lift off for their next target much sooner than expected. Because they didn't have to take anyone except Royals and a few assistants with them.Whatever happened to all those unnecessary people after they lifted was not their problem.The only problem she still had was to get rid of those nuisances who keep helping people escape to Earth. But now they knew who was doing it. And the trap to catch her was already baited.Get Your Copy Now.

When someone sends boulder-sized rocks down to planet Earth from the moon, they approach like meteors.On the right trajectory, they don't burn up in the atmosphere, but can come down with the force of a nuclear blast.Our tiny outpost of sentient shape-shifting wolves and escapees from the slave-labor moon colonies had caused a stir up there. They probably still didn't figure out how we managed to help all those people disappear, cross 250,000 miles of space, and wind up on Earth - healthy and smiling in the videos we sent back.But they did figure out where our headquarters was - and targeted it with a string of flaming rock-meteors, all falling in a straight line toward our little valley.If we evacuate in time, we can still avoid that impact.But all it really means is: Earth and the Moon are at war - and they have the better weapons. Or so they think...Get Your Copy Now.

When the unknown "X" lost her job and any way to make a living, she only wanted her life back.But she settled for revenge.In a way she wouldn't expect - cleaning up the elitist government messes.Because having dead bodies around did no one any good. And someone was on a purge in those self-named "royal" houses that ran the moon colony cities.Her particular mindset and training as a medical clinician allowed her to view death with a singular frame of mind. While all the people she'd helped in that medical clinic gave her loyal, fast friends among the "down-belows" who did the mining and kept everything running.The opportunity to now work for an ambitious executive who had a nasty habit of eliminating her bosses was just too good to pass up - and maybe find out who had wrecked her life.Get Your Copy Now.

Executives running the last outposts of humanity are going missing.Decades ago, certain cities lifted off from the surface of Earth, protected by fusion-powered shields. Their destination was the moon, to mine the needed resources to make the next phase of the journey.The culture in these city-colonies has separated into two - the ""royals"" and the ""down-belows"".Now someone is carefully reducing the royal houses - one by one. Who that someone or someones are, or how they are doing this is unknown.But not unwatched. The question is whether the watchers can solve the mystery in time. And do something effective to stop the disappearances.Before these city-colonies, and their hopes for rescuing humanity - die.Get Your Copy Now.

When another escape pod crash-lands to Earth, a call for searchers goes out to several sentient species to rescue its passenger.The passenger is human - the search parties are not.The previous escape pod brought to Earth one of the most powerful sentients ever known before - and she was human as well. Together with her adoptive wolf pack, they brougth peace to a wide area around them and brought those species into balance once again.In this escape pod, a message was brought for the first escapee from that moon colony. Her sister is now in as much danger as that she escaped from.The idea of somehow launching a rescue across those 248,000 miles of space becomes more vital with every passing day here on Earth. Even with no remaining rockets or ships to lift them out of Earth's heavy gravity.Get Your Copy Now.

The world has changed. Humans almost extinct, other sentient species now rule this planet and work to keep it in balance.Without the polluting, noisy, conflicted centers of human populations called cities. Various plagues were released when those cities left, wiping out any concentrations of humans left.All that is history now. Wolves and other species have achieved sentience. And they tolerate humans among them as the dying species it is. To them, humans are another dangerous feral animal that they avoid. Because they can't talk with their minds.In this standoff, a young child has wandered away from his parents into the wilderness. He'll need help from the very animals his parents track and kill.The child has little time left before hunger and exposure (or worse) take their toll...Get Your Copy Now.

Sue had been though a world of pain already.Surviving re-entry to this planet in a powerless escape pod. Learning to speak with telepathic canines that had become the dominant sentient beings on Earth. Finding she could shape-shift and create very real illusions.She brought the end to a civil war between their pack and those nearby. Peace on Earth - at least this little part.By learning only a tiny bit of the special skills she was capable of.That tiny bit might save the rest of the world as well - if she could learn to master what she didn't know.One warm summer's night, a messenger brought her to meet a greater being than she thought existed. To learn a secret she could use to get what she most wanted.All she wanted to do was rescue her family - only 240 thousand miles away - on the moon. First, she again had to solve multiple threatening situations at once...Get Your Copy Now.

A first collection of short stories from C. C. BrowerIn addition to later longer novellas and novels, Brower started out with short stories.Contemporary, Fantasy, Science Fiction - 13 wonderful worlds from a different view of life. New ways to look at the world you live in, and ask yourself ""what if"" things were different...This anthology contains:The CaretakerWhen The Wild CallsMind TimingBecoming MichelleWhen the Cities Died, I DancedSnow GiftMr. Ben's Rail RoadThe War BringethPeace: Forever WarSnow CaveVacation AmokThe Emperor's ScribeA Long Wait for SantaNote: Mind Timing and Becoming Michelle were co-authored with R. L. SaundersExcerpt from Mind TIming:When the last of the long-languishing news media died, it was with barely a whimper. No bang. Not even a sullen pop. And eyes were dry all around. No one mourned, few even noticed.Two glasses clinked at the Club in celebration. And that was all the wake they deserved...Get Your Copy Now.

Writers don't often write about their own worlds - but when they do, expect them to be every bit as imaginative as their other fiction.We've found a common theme in these six short stories. Where these new authors, not only explore their own thoughts, ideas, and angst through their own fiction, but also take apart their own ideas about how writers write.Here you'll see writer's block, the solitary writer's romances, the revenge of stalking stories, being transported by another writer into one of their worlds, and even examining the idea of your pet cat being responsible for a writer's output - or lack of it. Nothing is sacred to these authors as they turn their fiction microscope on themselves and their own profession.Get Your Copy Today.

Being able to escape into the wonderful world of romance is always a pleasure.This set of six short stories are an amusing way to find yourself into new worlds, with new lovers working out their difficulties and eventually end up with their happily-ever-after result.Some are ghosts, some introspective writers, some CIA-government types, a couple of futurists, some socially disadvantaged, and a young couple with hidden abilities.All in contemporary settings (for the most part) and perhaps something you can relate to (well, we can always want the superpowers, anyway.)Lose yourself in these worlds and become young at heart again with these short reads to fit into any schedule...Get Your Copy Now.

If laughter is the best medicine, then reading humorous short stories should be the best practice to maintain your health.These three authors with their six stories have written stories that both poke fun at the sacrosanct and also skewer them for dissection as both pompous and ripe.From the ranks of Voltaire, Twain, and Vonnegut, these new voices have something to say about how our current culture and what they consider serious. You may find yourself irritated, incensed, or having a laugh outloud moment as you read along into the imaginative worlds these authors create.You may find yourself expecting to see someone just waiting in the shadows for you to get the punchline - expect that author's spirit as you read their works. PS. You have their permission to roll on the floor with delight, in private, of course...Get Your Copy Now.

An unforseen bi-product of terrorists bombing a children's hospital, the Lazurai could kill a person without touching them. The government made it worse by their experiments. All the children wanted was to feel love like any child. When they grew older, their powers increased. And they found they couldn't be stopped.By anything.Then they escapedChuck hears a rumor of one coming his way, to his remote way station on the highway. But he can't leave his wife, who's dying. So he waits. And sees the hooded Lazurai walking the long miles on a hot desert day toward him. All he can do is wait.What he doesn't know is that this one is different from all the rumors. And his life is going to change forever...These collected tales explore the universe of the Lazarai, their own growth as a super-species of human, and their unique outlook on life and living.Get Your Copy Now.

Our Second Civil War was over in minutes - while the conflict took decades. As in all wars, both sides lost heavily and then proclaimed victory. I knew this all too well, serving as a paramedic to patch up their wounded and dying.I'd gotten myself into 'Cagga to solve my nightmares. After I'd sworn off coming back into the cities where the only real violence happened.She was in my dreams every night, and turned them into the same hell on earth she was experiencing. Because she only wanted to be rescued from a fate and destiny she could not control. In the old days, it was called human trafficking, but in our time it was called normal.Just because she was pretty, single, and defenseless. And once I found her, we'd only have until sundown...Get Your Copy Now.

Two Months of Published Short Stories in One Collected AnthologyThe third in our series, Featuring original works by S. H. Marpel, C. C. Brower, R. L. Saunders & J. R. Kruze published between May and June, 2018. A baker's dozen stories from our archives.Excerpt from The Tunnel People:We only had a half-hour or so before it would be too dark to make our way down the trails without stumbling. And from these heights you used the existing light, or you set yourself up to be spotted from your flashlight beams.So maybe 15 minutes to talk was all the chance I was going to get. And he knew it.""So? You are up here to either seduce me or hire me or blackmail me - or some combination of the above,"" Rob said.I just smiled, ""Or some combination of the above...""The clouds were slowly turning from red through violet into black as we sat there. Patient watching would almost let you see the changes.""OK, five minutes. Make your pitch, Marj, and then I leave.""Get Your Copy Now.

The third time she was beaten up by a different roving city gang and this time left for dead. The guy who saved her life wanted to help solve how she ended up that way.What wasn't working was to be anything they wanted. White, Black, Male, Female, Gay, Straight - someone was always offended, no matter what. And now she had no choice. They had taken all she had, even her job, apartment and everything else she owned. Even her identity. Now she was a no-one. It was only when she met a fat, jolly fellow who everyone liked that she got a clue what she must do to survive in these modern ""tolerant"" times. Whatever his secret was, she had to find out. She had to solve herself.Otherwise, she didn't have long to live - without becoming one of the gangs who had left her like this...** New edgy satire by R. L. Saunders takes on the pet theories of our modern world by exploding them in a future one. Hold onto your PC hats **Get Your Copy Now.

The meteor talked to Tig as he watched it land. Meteors came now and then. But never one that screamed like it was afraid of landing. All he wanted to do was to make sure his pack was safe against the fire from the sky. But the meteor had called him, somehow. He was there when the meteor turned out to be an escape pod. And opened...His surprise was that the meteor had brought a human female back. She said her name was Sue. And she could talk to wolves like him. That had never happened before. Even when the Hoomans were here.Sue was unlike anything he had ever encountered. He knew she was the solution to their problems - and more.Sue had her own issues, her own reason for returning to Earth. Those would have to wait. First Tig had to get her to safety. Even though she was not as fast or skilled at what she needed in order to survive on her own. There were miles of rough terrain ahead, days of travel, and the ferals had set a trap for them....Get Your Copy Now.

Welcome to another unique bi-monthly compilation of the inspired visions and universes from four Midwest Journal Press authors: C. C. BrowerJ. R. KruzeS. H. MarpelR. L. SaundersFrom their prolific output, we've assembled 16 short stories, grouping them by author and publication date. While every major genre is represented, you'll also see that in most cases, these books cross genres and plot structures to give you the best possible reader experience and entertainment. While each of these authors are still improving their craft, you will find their short stories to be just springboards to exploring the wider universes that inspired them.In this compilation, you'll see more where these authors have co-written and produced marvelous takes - and entirely new characters or aspects of existing ones - which flesh out these universes into greater reality and detail. Please enjoy - and do look up their other works...Get Your Copy Now.